Constellations
Lacerta (Lac)
The Lizard
Also known as lizard.
6 looks for Lacerta
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Lacerta
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Lizard
- IAU abbreviation
- Lac
- Its stars are named
- Lacertae (as in "Alpha Lacertae")
- Family
- Perseus family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in October
- Centre
- Right ascension 22h 25m, declination +45° 42′
- The figure
- 9 stars joined by 10 lines
- Brightest star
- α Lac, magnitude 3.77
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Lacmag 3.77
- 1 Lacmag 4.13
- 5 Lacmag 4.36
- β Lacmag 4.43
- 11 Lacmag 4.46
- 6 Lacmag 4.51
- 2 Lacmag 4.57
- 4 Lacmag 4.57
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation